F4RL BR34D
New Member
I'm not a complete noob to mold making. I've worked as an apprentice under a bronze artist and i currently work making molds for gypsum and concrete products.
I've never used something like pepakura before though. I'd play with it now but i'm at work, lol. I've read a lot of the forum stuff on it already, but didn't get a chance to mess with it last night thanks to Red Dead Redemption.
So here's the thought process:
Pepakura file -> print TO FILE (.eps) -> convert .eps to .dxf (autocad et al) -> cnc table
The less pretty way would be:
Pep -> screen shot -> trace lines with vector or cad program -> scale properly -> cnc table
If i/you/we could get a clean CAD file without the glueing tabs on there, it would be...only sort of hard to weld all the seams up.
Once you figure out how to get everything assembled, it's just a matter of making it possible to put on/not torture to wear.
It seems possible to me.
Edit: The horrible part would be trying to fold the steel, but you don't need a press brake to bend 20ga or even 16ga steel.
I'd like to start with the face masks from Army of Two, but a paper version of the Monitor before that.
I've never used something like pepakura before though. I'd play with it now but i'm at work, lol. I've read a lot of the forum stuff on it already, but didn't get a chance to mess with it last night thanks to Red Dead Redemption.
So here's the thought process:
Pepakura file -> print TO FILE (.eps) -> convert .eps to .dxf (autocad et al) -> cnc table
The less pretty way would be:
Pep -> screen shot -> trace lines with vector or cad program -> scale properly -> cnc table
If i/you/we could get a clean CAD file without the glueing tabs on there, it would be...only sort of hard to weld all the seams up.
Once you figure out how to get everything assembled, it's just a matter of making it possible to put on/not torture to wear.
It seems possible to me.
Edit: The horrible part would be trying to fold the steel, but you don't need a press brake to bend 20ga or even 16ga steel.
I'd like to start with the face masks from Army of Two, but a paper version of the Monitor before that.